Quartic supercyclides for geometric design

  • Authors:
  • Michael J. Pratt

  • Affiliations:
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

  • Venue:
  • From geometric modeling to shape modeling
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Most commercial CAD systems use parametric representations (e.g., NURBS) for defining free-form shapes. This leads to significant problems in certain types of geometric computation, and also in the exchange of CAD models between different systems. The paper suggests that there are good reasons for developing alternative approaches to the representation of free-form shapes in CAD, based on the use of algebraic surfaces. Work in this direction is currently at an early stage, but some significant research direction is currently at an early stage, but some significant research directions are being identified. The paper surveys the current state of the art, and indicates some fruitful areas for future work.